Oh God, I cannot imagine how bad this movie must have looked in the beginning. Robert Downey Junior and Gwyneth Paltrow, directed by the guy who did a Will Ferrell movie (and OK, also Swingers, but I'm one of soulless that gets nothing from that movie). And it opens in Afghanistan.
And yes. Exactly. There's way too little humor in BB. It doesn't acknwoledge the fundamental hilariousness of ahahhah COSPLAY, as you put it, as a solution to the problems of urban living. Even when I was watching the movie, there are these moments where I had to actively take my disbelief and hang it up on a rack somewhere then go back to paying attention to the movie. Thanks to great script and the fact that Tony Stark has charisma under his fingernails instead of dirt and that Jon Favreau is SO FUCKING GOOD, I never, ever, ever had to do that with IM.
Also. Michael Caine dialed in his role from somewhere near the Orion Nebula. It was so painful to watch him not care as Alfred. I loved Alfred so much in B:TAS. So much. My fave episode, for years, was the one where he goes on vacation at Poison Ivy's resort with his galpal.
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Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.
Date: 2008-05-27 10:22 pm (UTC)And yes. Exactly. There's way too little humor in BB. It doesn't acknwoledge the fundamental hilariousness of ahahhah COSPLAY, as you put it, as a solution to the problems of urban living. Even when I was watching the movie, there are these moments where I had to actively take my disbelief and hang it up on a rack somewhere then go back to paying attention to the movie. Thanks to great script and the fact that Tony Stark has charisma under his fingernails instead of dirt and that Jon Favreau is SO FUCKING GOOD, I never, ever, ever had to do that with IM.
Also. Michael Caine dialed in his role from somewhere near the Orion Nebula. It was so painful to watch him not care as Alfred. I loved Alfred so much in B:TAS. So much. My fave episode, for years, was the one where he goes on vacation at Poison Ivy's resort with his galpal.